[Cringing Negativism Network]

Interesting.

Not sure how much to read into this, but it is interesting.

Fox has repositioned itself (way) to the left of where it used to be.

Big time.

[Sacajaweau]

There’s more to Trump’s exit than little old Meg.

[ObamahatesPACoal]

Trump News.

Mike Huckabee calling into the Trump & Friends Show.

[Sun]

Wonderful - more time for the more conservative candidates.

[bert]

what if they had debate and nobody came?

[niteowl77]

I doubt any of the other candidates have the balls to walk away from this, but what has been exposed about Fox's machinations ought to piss off everyone; this kind of manipulation by Murdoch & Co* really is (to use Joe Biden's oh-so-statesmanlike expression) "a big f-ing deal."

Mr. niteowl77

*For all I know, Google and the RNC are complicit as well, but for the sake of brevity, "Fox" is sufficient.)

[DoodleDawg]

So the candidates that Trump mocks constantly, the ones polling in the low single digits, might wander over to the Trumpathon? Why? To be mocked some more?

[SampleMan]

If you are still polling at 3% or less this late in the game, you aren’t really another candidate, you are just trolling for a cabinet position.

[xzins]

The two mentioned are Huckabee and Santorum.

A Trump/Santorum ticket would definitely put Pennsylvania in play.

[cuban leaf]

The debates remind me of the movie, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?

[TomGuy]

Rubio has risen a couple of points, so FoxNews/Stirwalt are pushing Rubio as the new go-to.

Contention: with Trump gone, the oxygen isn’t sucked out of the room and other candidates have a chance to shine.

[Trouble with that is that the audience will likely be about 2/3 less than it would have been with a Trump presence. The competing Trump Vets Rally on CNN could ruin FoxNews’s expected viewership.]